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[rikufu.livejournal.com]

[ riku's got a gun, though it hardly looks lethal, if the neon colors have anything to say about that. ]

Hmm.

[ loads a dart in it, and takes aim across the room. ]

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[rikufu.livejournal.com]

Didn't know "crazy" was a big insult nowadays ...

[ furrows his brow, pushing it into his shoulder again. forgive him, he's a little insensitive. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[snip. snip. clip.]

Guess it depends on who you talk to.

[or who you're talking about, especially if that happens to be someone who just told you he wanted to kill himself because he thought he was insane. but what are details?]

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

... sorry.

[ he's still clueless when it comes to these small details, but the apology sounds sincere enough. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[shrugs. oh, fancy; rounded corners!]

Don't worry about it.

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

[ he may not be worried, but he's practically draping himself off of roxas, anyway. good work, riku. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

... You're really warm.

1/3

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

Mm.

[ only half-listening. ]

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

... [ maybe it's riku's turn to tell spontaneous and serious stories. ]

You know, when Kairi came onto me before sophomore year started, I thought she'd had the wrong guy.

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

She knew me and Sora at the same time, and I kept talking him up like he was the greatest guy on the planet - not that he wasn't, you know - 'cause I'd know him for so long. I thought he had a thing for her.

I still don't know why she bothered, but she was the one who showed me all the motions.

[ boyfriend training 101 ... oh, she took that so seriously. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[pauses.]

Motions?

[could be two different things and roxas isn't about to make assumptions.]

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

Being a gentleman, the whole nine yards.

[ oh, there was plenty of that, though that's not what he's going into right now. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

I take it you didn't listen to a word she said.

[teasing. just teasing.]

1/2

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

[ wait, roxas wouldn't go out of his way to hit him that below the belt ... would he?

now he knows what tasting his own medicine is like. ]

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

... ... [ lets the moment pass before he can continue, swallowing. apparently that rubbed him way more wrongly than it should. it's been almost three years by now, get over it. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[sighs, the silence telling him that maybe he crossed a line.]

... It was just a joke. Sorry.

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

[ won't blame roxas, but maybe now he's getting emotional for once. ]

Look, I know it wasn't perfect. I hadn't dated - I still don't really date - it's weird when your best friend turns into the third wheel on purpose, and I'm ...

[ well, he's a big jerk, everyone knows that ... ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[thinking on it, he doesn't really know all that much about riku. little details, here and there, but not a whole story, not a whole bunch of details that all go together. so he decides to keep quiet, let riku continue, genuinely curious.]

...

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

... forget it, this is stupid.

[ abruptly throws his hands in the air, not looking like a very camper. it's a matter of letting things catch up with him too fast, not that roxas has any way of figuring that one out. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[twists around, setting the scissors down.]

No- come on, it's not stupid. I was listening.

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

It's all stupid, she didn't even argue about having to move, so what if we kept in touch, I wasn't any good and he probably left for th-

[ ... stops. right there. this is a subject he really should just leave to rest, squaring his shoulders determinedly. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[swallows hard, eyes cutting sharply to the side and fingers twitching. he breathes out slowly, then extends a hand and squeezes riku's upper arm.]

P-people- People leave, Riku. Not everyone can stay, stick around, k-keep in touch. That doesn't make it your fault.

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

I told you, it's stupid.

[ shuts his eyes. this was easier when it was bottled up. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

I told you it's not...

[lets his hand slide away, frowning slightly. instead of pulling his hand back in his lap, he pushes his fingers through riku's hair instead.]

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

[ crap, weak spots. opens his mouth and closes it, since he's momentarily derailed. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[it's just once, for now, fingertips tracing slow, brief circles against the back of his neck before he pulls away.]